Menantu Pahlawan Negara by Sarjana

Chapter 151

Leslie’s gaze sharpened. He wondered if his mother had told Aurelia about his true identity.

“What else could I be?” he asked coldly.

Aurelia didn’t sense anything odd. After all, Leslie had always been cold and distant.

“Maybe a businessman. You’re just as cunning as one,” Aurelia replied with an awkward laugh. “A cunning businessman, huh?”

Leslie put down his cup and wiped his hands.

Aurelia chuckled but eventually quieted down, realizing that it had been a bad joke. “Sorry.”

“If I’m a cunning businessman, what does that make you? A cunning businessman’s wife?” he asked.

Silence fell over them instantly. They were both rendered speechless as their conversation suddenly shifted to the topic of “wife”.

Aurelia was unsure of how to react to this.

Leslie wiped his mouth and changed the subject. “I’m done eating. It’s settled then. You don’t have to worry about anything. Just be yourself on Friday.”

Aurelia nodded. “Thank you. Sorry for troubling you.”

hummed nonchalantly and stood up. Aurelia followed suit and went

the restaurant, the sun

and angled it slightly toward Leslie. However, he was too tall,

of steps before his head bumped into the top of the umbrella. He sighed and stopped, then took the umbrella

“I’ll hold it.”

you,” Aurelia said, looking up at him with a

he saw her smile, Leslie’s grip around

Aurelia seemed to radiate a soft glow. Her lustrous black hair, fair skin, and gentle smile

realized that he

composed himself

distance between them, when Aurelia looked at their shadows on the

was reminded of the three years she

it had rained, Seth would offer to pick her up. But by the time they reached the subway, her shoulder would be completely

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would complain incessantly about getting a few raindrops

if I hadn’t come to pick you up. I’m doing this because I love you

course,” she

for the first time, a person would tend

pick her up in the heavy rain was an act of

scent of pastries wafted over as she was

direction the smell was coming from, just to see people